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مُصِنٌّ

Root: صن

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مُصِنٌّ A man having a foul, or fetid, odour, such as is termed صُنَان; fem. with ة: and likewise applied to a he-goat when excited by lust.

def.2 And Elevating the nose, or the head, from pride, or from anger. So in a verse cited in art. خفض.
2 And مُصِنٌّ غَضَبًا Full of anger.

def.3 See also 4, latter part, in two places.

def.4 Also Silent.

def.5 And المُصِنُّ signifies The serpent that, when it bites, kills on the spot: one says, رَمَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ بِالمُصِنِّ المُسْكِتِ [May God smite him with the silencing serpent that kills on the spot whomsoever it bites].
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